Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-12-24

eral advance throughout the different avenues of buslness. Our business ulSn appear to have settled down to thorough business principles. They were citSeD by the speculative fever dlring She "boom" of few years ago, and now are keeping carefully within their means, and ss said before, doing business on business principles"
 RepOrter-"I suppose you are kept rather busy nowY
 Mansield-"Wel, yes, although my busy time commences ID about week, still even now my time IS pretty well co oupied."
 Just then 6 customer entered and the reporter excused himself.
 The next place visited was She store of H. B. Dodge & Co. Mir. Dodge him. self didn't happen to be in, but We found his partner, Mir. Brown, in charge md immediately proceeded to buttoD-hOle hIm.
 Reporser-"Well. MT. Brown, hoE's business"
 Brovn-"Very good. Anything l can do for you this morningT
 Reporier-"Yes sir. give me your hon. est opinion of the business prospects oi Tucson, and tell me how you find busi- ness in your particular line"
 BrCwn-"I think Tucson IS improy- ing; money seems more plenty, cash re- ceipts are much larger the last few months, and collections mnoh e=sier.'
 Reporter-"How does this month compare with December of last yesIY Brown-"Business is better. Last year money was scarce and bi !s hard to collect.
 Reporter-"How does this ticket sys- tenn you have instituted with your GUS toners seem 10 workY
 Brovn-"Very well indeed. Our plan is this: We issue tickets of Sj, SlO, and S25 respectively. These tickets have the | different denomlnstions of R dollar rep resented on them; as five cents, ten cents fifty cents, etc. When custom ar wants, say, twenty-five cents worth Of sugar, be presents his ticket and we punch twentS five cent hole ID IS. Our | system thus saves us the trouble of | Keeping up 6 set of books. and it is a | great convenience to our customer, for | he at any tune can tell just how much | he has bought and exactly how be stands. Besides it prevents mistakes. RepOrter-Are the people taking much interest in guessing the number of beans | in that bottleg
 Brown-"Oh, yes, there is a great deal of interest manifested. It IS very anus ing to see how they try to Ret Gt the number of beans. One man came up last night and measured the bottle wItd q string. SO Gs to figuTs on the bottles | capacity. Another brings ID different ! bottle each day to compare with the one | here. B. ysheway. that reminds me
 that we are going to have another Eye. | tenn of drawings. You know, we 6Ta She sole agents for 'Tapsslps Panch ciga.s 6 and We are going 10 alloI all who pur- | chase 9 cents worth or more of our ci- | gars, to have one or more guesses ct a certain number enclosed ID this envel. | ope (producing the envelope) and there will be several prizes for those who come | the nearest. Won't you try one of them?' be continued ss he saw our long ing eyes fBsten on box of the aforesaid cigars. We accepted the cigar vith a grateful smile. and thanking Mr. Brown for his courtesy, sRaln started on our round.
 Our reporter sauntered leisurely around to the well-b1OwD firm of Wheel CT ( Perry, and WAS fortunate enough lo find one Oftbe proprietOrs, Mir. Wheel CT, in and dIsengSgeC.
 Rsporter-"GoJd morning, Mir. Wheel CT, what have you new this morning for the reading publicf"
 Wheeler-"Well don't know Hs 1 have anything new for the reading pub lie, Mir. Reporter, but have the finest hne of groceries in the city, for the eat | ing public"
 Rsporter-"Dont, Mr. Wheeler. I haven't had my breakfast yet, and j0k- ! ing on such subject IS s serious mat ter. But Lows business? Do you find 1t as good this yeRE as lastg"
 Wheeler-"Oh yes, better I think; and tlruing to his memorandum book be added: "So far, business IS Q third better this month than it was this time 2 year ago. There seems 10 be more sol idity. With us, business is better now thzn it ever been. In fact, for the last | few days We have had to let orders run over, our time is so taken up. Bu. th's change for the better IS particularly noticed at the Ban Xavier Hotel. The house has been full ever since We took charge of it."
 Reporte--"What do you think of the prospects, of ihe town generallyP
 Wheeler-Good; but the fact of the matter is, we don't advertise enough. Now there are Q dozen people from New York stopping at the hotel. They come here principally for The mid climatc and to look around for investment. IL We advertised our climate nld resources more, more of these people would come. We have four guests at the hotel who came out here on the recommendation of their friends, which shows that If We cd vertised extensively the town would be crowded with strangers, seeking mild climate and places for investment TLe other day CD old gentleman coming through on the train from the east stopped of for his supper, aud acci- dentallY got into conversation with hlm. Pointing to the unoccupied lands north of the town, he asked me If they could be put under cultivation. Yes, l said, II is good land, but we require capital to develop water for irrigation. Is tha, SO. Why, l always thought this was 6 sandy desert. He said, then l guess I'll look into this matter. And instead of going on 10 California he changed bis mind and stopped here. All of which vas the result of an accidental conver- safion and goes Co show thst we should all stand in to advertise the country"
 Reporter-"Whst do you think IS the best scheme for booming the country"
 Wbeeier-"Boung an artesiRn well. If well was put down ID the vicinity oi the depot, sud the water used for oultivatng the surrounding land, ;i vould do more 10 advertise the place than anything else, for there are hua- iredS ot people passing through here who on seeing that water could be had md that the land is cspsble Of cultiys- tiop, would stop here instead O; going on to California. The business men of the town should join together and have 8 well bored. am wiling to subscribe certain smount monthly for such sn object and there are several others who would do the same"
 Reporter-"Well, Mr. Wheeler. won't take up any more of your time" and sbsently taking 6 handful ot peanuts from a sack, our reporter withdrew.
 Our knight of the pencil next called upon our genial friend MT. Black, lhe j3weler.
 Reporter-WeIl, MT. Black you seem to have lad ID quite & stock this yesrg
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